Kiflai Bein

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi JUN-CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein complexes inhibit surfactant-associated protein B promoter activity
    Kiflai Bein
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 45:436-44. 2011
  2. ncbi Functional genomics of chlorine-induced acute lung injury in mice
    George D Leikauf
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 7:294-6. 2010
  3. ncbi Haplotype association mapping of acute lung injury in mice implicates activin a receptor, type 1
    George D Leikauf
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1499-509. 2011
  4. ncbi Integrative metabolome and transcriptome profiling reveals discordant energetic stress between mouse strains with differential sensitivity to acrolein-induced acute lung injury
    James P Fabisiak
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Mol Nutr Food Res 55:1423-34. 2011
  5. ncbi Acrolein - a pulmonary hazard
    Kiflai Bein
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Mol Nutr Food Res 55:1342-60. 2011

Collaborators

  • George D Leikauf
  • Annerose Berndt
  • Ming You
  • James P Fabisiak
  • Mario Medvedovic
  • An Soo Jang
  • Vincent J Concel
  • Louis J Vuga
  • Kelly A Brant
  • Jonathan E McDunn
  • Danny C Alexander
  • Hannah Pope-Varsalona
  • Swapna Upadhyay
  • Zhen Hu
  • Koustav Ganguly
  • Richard A Dopico
  • Qian Li
  • Naftali Kaminski

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi JUN-CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein complexes inhibit surfactant-associated protein B promoter activity
    Kiflai Bein
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 45:436-44. 2011
    ..These findings support the idea that heterodimerization between JUN and C/EBP-α and/or C/EBP-β targets JUN to the Sftpb promoter, thereby mediating its inhibitory regulatory role...
  2. ncbi Functional genomics of chlorine-induced acute lung injury in mice
    George D Leikauf
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 7:294-6. 2010
    ..Gene-targeted mice then could be used to test the functional significance of susceptibility candidate genes, which could be valuable in revealing novel insights into the biology of acute lung injury...
  3. ncbi Haplotype association mapping of acute lung injury in mice implicates activin a receptor, type 1
    George D Leikauf
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1499-509. 2011
    ..Because acute lung injury is a sporadic disease produced by heterogeneous precipitating factors, previous genetic analyses are mainly limited to candidate gene case-control studies...
  4. ncbi Integrative metabolome and transcriptome profiling reveals discordant energetic stress between mouse strains with differential sensitivity to acrolein-induced acute lung injury
    James P Fabisiak
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Mol Nutr Food Res 55:1423-34. 2011
    ..A respiratory irritant, acrolein is generated by overheating cooking oils or by domestic cooking using biomass fuels, and is in environmental tobacco smoke, a health hazard in the restaurant workplace...
  5. ncbi Acrolein - a pulmonary hazard
    Kiflai Bein
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 3130, USA
    Mol Nutr Food Res 55:1342-60. 2011
    ..Consequent to its pathophysiological impact, acrolein contributes to the morbidly and mortality associated with acute lung injury and COPD, and possibly asthma and lung cancer...